The Dawn · Surah 89

By the Dawn

And ten nights

And the Even and the Odd

And the night when it departeth

There surely is an oath for thinking man

Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad

With many-columned Iram

The like of which was not created in the lands

And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley

And with Pharaoh, firm of might

Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands

And multiplied iniquity therein

Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment

Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful

As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me

But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me

Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan

And urge not on the feeding of the poor

And ye devour heritages with devouring greed

And love wealth with abounding love

Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding

And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank

And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him)

He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life

None punisheth as He will punish on that day

None bindeth as He then will bind

But ah! thou soul at peace

Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure

Enter thou among My bondmen

Enter thou My Garden